15. I caught the smoke plume as I was leaving work

It is in the area of "carmageddon", thru the Sepulveda pass. No winds which is great. They will probably be able to put it down pretty fast. 10% humidity though and pretty darn hot. Fire season is here.

21. Mt. St. Mary closed and evacuated.

25. Leo Baeck Temple evacuated eight Torahs

Leo Baeck Temple, which is at the base of the ridge that is burning, evacuated eight Torahs but the staff was standing by to see if the fire would be contained in time to hold Friday Shabbat services, said Abigail Spiegel, executive director.

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34. Horrible!

36. It wound up not being all that big, and between the helicopters and

Super Scoopers dropping water, and the lack of wind, they got it taken care of pretty quickly.

But it sure made an unholy mess out of traffic this evening. A friend was going to come up from Santa Monica after work but he cancelled. I couldn't see any way he could get up here in under 2 hours, if at all, lol.